The Red Garden
Alice Hoffman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.”
“They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often make a noise that sounded quite human, as if greeting someone in his dreams. At first it seemed that he believed Sara would return, but as the years went by I understood that his loyalty asked for no reward, and that love comes in unexpected forms. His wish was small, as hers had been -- merely to be beside her. As for me, I already knew I would never get what I wanted.”
“She slept beneath a tree that night, sitting upright. She imagined she would have been scared for her life out in the open, for she was often terrified in her own room at home, even after double-locking the windows and covering the glass with quilts. Instead, she felt an odd calm spirit here in the wilderness. Was this the way people felt at the instant they leapt into rivers and streams? Was it like this when you fell in love, stood on the train tracks, went to a country where no one spoke your language? That was the country she was in most of the time, a place where people heard what she said but not what she meant. She wanted to be known, but no one knew her.”
“She said she wanted a man like that, someone who understood sorrow, not someone who caused it.”
“The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood.”
“a woman who could rescue herself was a woman who would never be in need.”
“The only way to fight evil is with joy,”
“...make you want things you hadn't even known existed.”
“She had the feeling that if she went home, she might never get away. She thought of birds caught in nets. There was something inside her, beating against her ribs, urging her to do things she might not otherwise attempt. She had the strongest desire to get lost.”
“a place where people heard what she said but not what she meant. She wanted to be known, but no one knew her.”
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Book Keywords:
love, loyalty, birds, dogs, getting-lost, home, wishes
